Robert A. Heinlein
Hubbard’s “Allied Scientists of the World” Scam (1951-1952)
More information has surfaced recently about Hubbard's "Allied Scientists of the World" scam, which he ran in 1951-52. Between December 1945 and January 1946, Robert A. Heinlein exchanged letters with Dr. Francis M. Pottenger concerning a "project" called "The Federation of Atomic Scientists" and later the "Federation of American Scientists." Heinlein explained that he didn't intend to be involved directly, that "Lt. Hubbard had intended to do the "organizational and publicity work" but … [Read more...] about Hubbard’s “Allied Scientists of the World” Scam (1951-1952)
Blog article: Robert A Heinlein – A Real Science Fiction Author’s Experience with L Ron Hubbard (2014)
[1. Excerpted from https://scicrit.wordpress.com/2014/05/16/robert-a-heinlein-a-real-science-fiction-authors-experience-with-l-ron-hubbard/ In December 1945, Heinlein’s writing career was taking off. He generously made another attempt to help Hubbard to adjust to civilian life. Heinlein offered Hubbard a contract to rewrite his early (and unpublished) novel, “For Us, the Living” which he had created back in 1938. Hubbard signed a generous contract that would have given him 50% of the … [Read more...] about Blog article: Robert A Heinlein – A Real Science Fiction Author’s Experience with L Ron Hubbard (2014)
Blog article: William H. Patterson, Jr.: “The New Yorker knows who I am” (2011)
The author [Lawrence Wright] contacted me when a high church official [1. Church spokesperson Tommy Davis] said the biography confirmed that Heinlein as Hubbard’s naval intelligence handler sent Hubbard to Jack Parsons to break up “black magic” practice. The author of the article[1. The New Yorker article: The Apostate] noted that the biography doesn’t say anything about this. He contacted me by email and we had a short exchange a couple of months ago in which I said I had investigated that … [Read more...] about Blog article: William H. Patterson, Jr.: “The New Yorker knows who I am” (2011)
Factchecking: The Apostate (2011)
In his Paul Haggis profile in The New Yorker, Lawrence Wright touched on Hubbard's involvement with Jack Parsons and quoted some new claims in this story made by Scientology spokesperson Tommy Davis about Hubbard and Robert Heinlein. After the war, Hubbard’s marriage dissolved[1. Hubbard married Sara his second wife bigamously while still married to Polly. Ref. Barefaced Messiah, p. 129], and he moved to Pasadena[1. In November 1945, Hubbard lived with Robert A. and Leslyn Heinlein at 8777 … [Read more...] about Factchecking: The Apostate (2011)
Web article: Whence Came the Stranger: Tracking the Metapattern of Stranger in a Strange Land (1993)
The premise of this fascinating article is that Robert A. Heinlein wrote Stranger in a Strange Land as an "allegorical recapitulation of Thelema." Author Adam Rostoker[1. About Adam Rostoker: Los Angeles Times 16 March 1997: Clues Scarce in Slaying of Neo-Pagan], [1. Ashlund, Pam (1993) Adam Rostoker: Walking Between Worlds, Not of this World (any longer)] links Stranger to the Babalon Working through the words of Parsons' "scribe," L. Ron Hubbard. In 1961 Robert Anson Heinlein published … [Read more...] about Web article: Whence Came the Stranger: Tracking the Metapattern of Stranger in a Strange Land (1993)